Topics covered in this module will include:
-Moral basis of economic theory – assumptions and externalities.
-Critique of ‘classical’ perspectives against business ethics.
-Stakeholder perspective, stakeholder analysis.
-Examples of issues in Business Ethics e.g., advertising, environmental practices, job design, digital surveillance etc.
-Ethical theories and moral philosophers: Deontological ethical theories e.g. Kant; Consequentialist theories e.g. Utilitarianism; Justice theories e.g. Rawls; Rights theorists; Virtue theorists e.g. Aristotle. Immanent ethics, e.g., Foucault and Deleuze.
-Modern ethical theories e.g., immanent ethics.
-Ethical theories from socio-psychological perspectives
-Application of ethical theories to case studies.